Evaluate this integral

This integral comes from trying to get the surface area of y=1/x rotated about the x-axis.evaluate the integral

Good luck! It's a toughie.

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Re: Evaluate this integral

Problems of this nature (integrals obtained by rotation as mentioned) if they are amenable to integral tables or substitution methods are usually highly rigged. Rotation problems like this with just any old function f(x) usually generate horrendous integrands not amenable to elementary methods.

This may be one of those "bad" ones. I tried several different substitutions (algebraic, trigonometric, integration by parts) and got nowhere.

Good luck with it!

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Hi bobbym

Check your first step after the v-substitution.

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Sorry, mybad. I forgot the substitution of differentials.

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What does M spit out for the integral?

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Can you post it? I am interested to see what it is because you suggested using it.

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Hi bobbym

Wouldn't the first term simplify to 1/2 *arcsinh(x**2) ?

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Hi;

M's answer? I do not know. I only know that it comes out of nowhere. When I follow his steps I do not get that. Also the answer I get is wrong. That is why I did it my way. It is longer but at least I think it is correct.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

I agree with you regarding the satisfaction and importance of actually computing some numbers. I can't tell you how often I see time and money wasted because someone didn't bother to run the numbers.

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Do the integral in Wolfram and click show steps. Interesting behaviour.

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Yes, the answer is different from what he gets in the "Show steps" solution! But I do not see any complex stuff.

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Wolfram spits out the wrong answer.

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Is that a question? The package and Alpha are not the same thing. He gets the wrong answer on the integral because of the partial fraction decomposition. When I plug in x =1. he spit out a complex number!

Maple on the other hand in this case does the integration correctly.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

I agree with you regarding the satisfaction and importance of actually computing some numbers. I can't tell you how often I see time and money wasted because someone didn't bother to run the numbers.

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But I don't have M.

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Probably is.

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Minor error compared to M's. Speaking of it, are you going to feedback them to llet them know about it?

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